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Knight in Shining Armor vs Partner In Crime

Let me start by saying I am not a cynic. At least, I didn’t start out as one. I used to believe in fairy tale love stories. In fact to this day I can still recite every single word from The Little Mermaid and I am proud to say that it is still one of my favorite movies. When I was a little girl all I wanted was to be like Ariel and find my perfect Prince Eric. I wanted to be swept up in love and sail off into the sunset as I married the man I love. Then I grew up & realized that Eric is a damn liar. When I started dating I still believed that love could be as perfect as the Disney company made it seem. I believed that I could make these boys fall in love with me. I tried my hardest but all I got was rejection, heartbreak, and bitterness. Instead of feeling lighthearted and free like Ariel I was walking around feeling like I got impaled with a wooden post like a la Ursula. I got older and the world was telling me that I needed to be in a relationship. Apparently I’m not supposed to be out here on my own trying to create a life for myself because it means nothing if it’s not tied in with a man’s life. I watched my friends get into relationships that they knew weren’t right for them yet they stayed because that’s what you do as a woman. You make it work at all costs. It then hit me: Ariel & Eric weren’t perfect for each other because he rescued her. They were perfect because they were partners. He killed a woman to be with her. Okay, Ursula wasn’t technically a woman but still! She left her throne and he defied his just so they could be with one. They knew what they had to do in order to he together and they did it. There was no arguing or cussing. There was no cheating and fighting. There was just them. Today people don’t get that idea. With all the social network sites that we have people broadcast their relationship ups & downs for everyone to judge and decipher. They don’t fight against all odds to be together because they’re too worried about what people will say. Fuck other people! At the end of the day it’s just you and your partner, thick as thieves and in the deep together. Can a knight in shining armor do that? Or is he too worried about what the king will say? I want someone who wants me & only me no matter what “They” say. I want someone who will do what he needs to do to make things work. I want my partner in crime, not a damn boy with a pony.